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Week #16 — What’s in the Bag

FULL VEGETABLE SHARE
Potatoes-2 pounds
Shallots-2
Red Russian Kale-1 bunch
French Breakfast Radish-1 bunch
Eggplant-2
Peppers-4
Broccoli-1 head
Tomatillos-1 pound
Cabbage-1 head
Habanero Hot Peppers-4 If you can’t use the hot peppers during the week, you can freeze them for use this winter. Just put in a zip lock bag and freeze. They are really hot so use caution.

FRUIT SHARE
A nice mix of apples
1 bag of Macintosh, Gala and Fuji Apples
all grown by Klein’s Kill Orchard

MUSHROOM SHARE
Crimini
grown by Bulich Mushroom Company

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Week #15 – What’s in the Bag — Update

This is the updated list of veggies and fruits in the full shares. Note: This is the last week for tomatoes, a sure sign of fall!

Full vegetable share

Tomatoes – 4
Red potatoes – 2 pounds
Spinach – 1 bunch
Butternut winter squash – 1
Green beans – 1 pound
Shallots- 2
Peppers- 3
Broccoli – 1 head
Serrano hot peppers-4

Full fruit share

1 bag of Macintosh apples, Gala apples and Seckel pears, all grown by Fix Brothers Orchard
1 bag nectarines

Mushroom share

White Button, grown by Bulich Mushroom Company

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Week #15 – Note from the Farmer

Dear CSA member:

We had a wonderful Farm Festival on Saturday, and it was great to meet so many CSA members and families. The day was perfect in every way. Delicious food, sunny, dry weather, potatoes aplenty for members to pick up and take home. The flowers even kept their bright colors for one last week for members to pick a bouquet to take home. Thank you to everyone who made the trip to the farm.

First of the winter squash this week. The variety is butternut, and they are a delicious small variety. Butternut winter squash and a drizzle of maple syrup added during baking are the perfect pairing. To bake winter squash, cut the squash in half and scoop out the seeds. The seed cavity makes a perfect hollow for the syrup. Bake until tender and enjoy. You can order locally produced 100% maple syrup from the online CSA Marketplace if you are interested, and the order will be delivered with your CSA shares.

Also this week, beautiful red potatoes. The skins are a rosy pink color, and the potatoes are wonderful cooked with the skins. There will be string beans one more time along with the last of the summer tomatoes and peppers.

Enjoy the harvest.

Deborah for everyone at Stoneledge Farm

 

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Week #14 — A Note from the Farmer

Dear CSA Member

We are harvesting all of the summer time crops, cleaning the fields and you will have nice ripe tomatoes, peppers and eggplant again this week. The summer time crops will soon come to an end. Enjoy them while they last.

September 12 is the annual Fall Farm Festival from 11:30-3. If you are using GPS please use 145 Garcia Lane, Leeds, NY 12451. There are also directions on the farm website, “Contact Us” tab. Use the Physical Address. Come and meet your farmers, walk the fields where your vegetables are grown. At 12 we will gather for lunch. The farm will provide pulled pork with rolls and also a vegetarian stew, roast corn, portobello mushrooms, fresh fruit and coffee. We ask members to bring a dish to share to help round out the lunch offerings and their own place setting.

There will be wagon rides, walks around the farm, pick a bouquet of flowers and help dig potatoes to take home. If you would like to take flowers home, please bring your own scissors and something that will keep the flowers until you get home. Wet paper towels or newspapers in a plastic bag will usually do the trick. No pets, please.

If you are traveling from NYC you might be interested in the bus that Chelsea CSA is sponsoring:
Bus Info:

The Chelsea CSA is chartering a bus from NYC to the farm and back for the Fall Farm Festival on Saturday 9/12. Bus tickets are $5 per person and will help defray the cost of the bus rental. Tickets can be purchased here: https://stoneledgefarmvisit2015.eventbrite.com Transportation will leave from the Hudson Guild Elliott Center (441 West 26 St) at 8:30 am SHARP! Please arrive NO LATER THAN 8:15 am, or you will miss the bus. We will begin boarding at 8 am in front of the Center. Plan to arrive back in the city around 6 pm. Kids are welcome. Tickets are first-come first-served and are non-refundable.
Questions about the trip should be directed at events@chelseacsa.org. Day of contact is Laura, 908-866-1272.

Other local farms and businesses that will be attending:
Banana Moon Bakery with their delicious baked treats will have cookies and pie for sale.

Our local Beekeeper James McManus will have the observation hive and also honey for sale.

Stoneledge Farm Marketplace items will be available as well during the Farm Visit.

Hope to see you at the Fall Farm Festival this upcoming Saturday. If you have any questions please send an e-mail to the farm and we will be back in touch.

Enjoy the harvest.
Deborah for everyone at Stoneledge Farm

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Week #14 — What’s in the Bag

FULL VEGETABLE SHARE
Sunkist Heirloom Yellow Tomatoes-3 The Sunkist have been exceptional this season.
White Clara Bell Eggplant-1
Sweet Peppers-4 There are some smaller colorful peppers that will be mixed in. The small sweet peppers are the Heirloom varieties. Smaller but very sweet.
Broccoli-4 heads Another crop that is doing very well.
Shallots-2
Potatoes-2 pounds
Collards-1 bunch
Parsley-1 bunch
Cocktail Tomatoes- 1 basket
Jalapeños-4 They are hot!

FRUIT SHARE
1 bag Nectarines
1 bag Ozark Plums and Long John Italian Plums. Both grown by Klein’s Kill Orchard

MUSHROOM SHARE
Portobello
Grown by Bulich Mushroom Company

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Week #13 — Note from the Farmer

Dear CSA Member

Moving into fall and you will see the difference starting to show in your CSA shares. There are still summer time vegetables: Tomatoes and Peppers with new fall crops of Kale, Broccoli and Leeks. Each week the farm moves slowly with the seasons.

September 12 is the annual Fall Farm Festival from 11:30-3. If you are using GPS please use 145 Garcia Lane, Leeds, NY 12451. There are also directions on the farm website, “Contact Us” tab. Use the Physical Address. Come and meet your farmers, walk the fields where your vegetables are grown. At 12 we will gather for lunch. The farm will provide pulled pork with rolls and also a vegetarian stew, roast corn, portobello mushrooms, fresh fruit and coffee. We ask members to bring a dish to share to help round out the lunch offerings and their own place setting.

There will be wagon rides, walks around the farm, pick a bouquet of flowers and help dig carrots to take home. If you would like to take flowers home, please bring your own scissors and something that will keep the flowers until you get home. Wet paper towels or newspapers in a plastic bag will usually do the trick. No pets, please.

If you are traveling from NYC you might be interested in the bus that Chelsea CSA is sponsoring:
Bus Info:

The Chelsea CSA is chartering a bus from NYC to the farm and back for the Fall Farm Festival on Saturday 9/12. Bus tickets are $5 per person and will help defray the cost of the bus rental.
Tickets can be purchased here: https://stoneledgefarmvisit2015.eventbrite.com
Transportation will leave from the Hudson Guild Elliott Center (441 West 26 St) at 8:30 am SHARP! Please arrive NO LATER THAN 8:15 am, or you will miss the bus. We will begin boarding at 8 am in front of the Center. Plan to arrive back in the city around 6 pm. Kids are welcome. Tickets are first-come first-served and are non-refundable. Questions about the trip should be directed at events@chelseacsa.org. Day of contact is Laura, 908-866-1272.

Other local farms and businesses that will be attending:

Banana Moon Bakery with their delicious baked treats will have cookies and pie for sale.

Our local Beekeeper James McManus will have the observation hive and also honey for sale.

Stoneledge Farm Marketplace items will be available as well during the Farm Visit.

Hope to see you at the Fall Farm Festival.
Deborah for everyone at Stoneledge Farm

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Week #13 — What’s in the Bag

FULL VEGETABLE SHARE
Sunkist Heirloom Yellow Tomatoes-4
White Russian Kale-1 bunch
Dill- 1 bunch
Leeks-1 bunch
Cabbage-1 head
White Potatoes-2 pounds
Sweet Peppers-4
Broccoli-2 heads
Red Tomatoes-6 (smaller, good for cooking or fresh eating)

FRUIT SHARE
1 bag Bartlett Pears
1 bag Donut Peaches
both grown by Fix Brothers Orchard

MUSHROOM SHARE
Shiitake grown by Bulich Mushroom Company

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Week #12 — What’s in the Bag update

Full vegetable share

Sunkist tomatoes-2
Sungold cherry tomatoes-1 basket
Tomatillos-1 pound
Bright Lights Swiss chard-1 bunch
Black Bell eggplant-1
Thai Basil-1
Potatoes-2 pounds
Hot peppers-4
Sweet peppers-3
Sadona Onions-2
Red tomatoes-6 [These are small, round, red tomatoes. Good for eating and cooking.]

Fruit Share

1 bag yellow peaches

Mushroom Share

Oyster

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Week #12 — What’s in the Bag?

FULL VEGETABLE SHARE
Bright Lights Swiss chard-1 bunch
Tomatoes-will send amount on Monday
Sungold cherry tomatoes-1 basket
Thai basil-1 bunch
Tomatillos-1 pound
Peppers-3
Black Bell eggplant-1
Onions-2
Potatoes-2 pounds
Hot peppers-4
MUSHROOM SHARE
Oyster
FRUIT SHARE
1 large bag of peaches
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Week #12 — Note from the Farmer

Week #12
Dear CSA Member:
August and the hot weather continues — and so do the peppers, tomatoes, tomatillos and eggplant. New this week are potatoes, freshly dug and delicious. There are new photos posted on the Farm News section of the farm website. Take a look.
There are 25-pound boxes of tomatoes available through the CSA online Marketplace. The tomatoes in the bulk boxes are smaller, red and good for freezing, sauce or just eating. To place an order, log into your member account from the farm website home page and then select Marketplace. Your order will be delivered with the CSA shares.
Please mark your calendar for the upcoming Fall Farm Festival.
Sept. 12, 2015 from 11:30 AM –  3:00PM  at 145 GARCIA LANE, LEEDS, NY  12451
Come and meet your farmers, walk the fields where your vegetables are grown and enjoy a wagon ride. Please bring a dish to share and your own place setting.  We will serve pork, sweet corn and portobello mushrooms from the grill, vegetarian chili, fresh fruit, coffee and water. Pick a bouquet of flowers to take home. Local agriculture products will be available for sale as well as Stoneledge Farm Marketplace items.  We hope you will be able to make it.
This year the Chelsea CSA is sponsoring a bus again to the farm. The price is very reasonable and everyone is invited.  If you are interested in riding the bus, please send an e-mail to the farm at info@stoneledge.farm and we will send you the details.
I will need to send an updated list tomorrow with the exact amounts of tomatoes in each share.
Enjoy the harvest.
Deborah for everyone at Stoneledge Farm.